spell_check wrote:Two moments which I thought gave Norwood a big chance in the last few minutes was when Polec kicked it out on the full - I think he was going for the pocket, but shanked it.
And when the mark wasn't paid next to the behind post because it was touched. Instead of us getting possession of the ball with 1 minute 14 left, it was a 50/50 contest, and you can guess the rest. Can't blame Polec overall though, was everywhere in the first half.
that mark was juggled over the line and called by the boundary umpire. he really should have just let it go without trying to mark it as it was chest high.
is there something in the water with younger players now - polec, smith (both very good yesterday) and allmond all gave the ball away trying to outside the ball on their left foot rather than going with the right. also noticed that shenton doesn't have a left?
norwood will need to look at their forward setup - playing nobody deep really hurt in the first three quarters. luckily norwood's run didn't stop in the last.
gallagher may have had 34 touches but he does burn the ball regularly among his quality touches; however, you take his good with the bad. his workrate and pressure are outstanding though - and his brother really thinks he should look for the goals more.
with norwood's supposedly defensive tactics - i noticed that the eagles were also quite happy to leave their extra players behind the ball - a real chicken and egg argument. as has been shown before, one way of counteracting the zone is just to play man on man and hold position.
great win - i'll be there sunday hoping that the legs get over the line. if centrals win, i'd expect buckets mackenzie to have done a lot of the damage - may have to have a sneaky tenner on him for the fos.